Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. France, Rome and the exiled Stuarts Edward Gregg; 2. The Château Vieux de Saint-Germain; 3. The royal household under James II, 1690–1701; 4. The royal household under James III, 1701–1712; 5. The household servants; 6. The Stuarts and the court of France; 7. The portraits of the Stuarts and their courtiers; 8. The court as centre of Italian music; 9. Poetry at the exiled court (with a section by Howard Erskine-Hill); 10. The court as a centre for Catholicism (with a section by Geoffrey Scott); 11. The education of James III; 12. From France to Lorraine, 1712–1715; 13. From Lorraine to the papal states, 1716–1718; 14. The court of Queen Mary at Saint-Germain, 1712–1718; 15. The Jacobite community at Saint-Germain after 1718; Epilogue; Appendix: the senior household servants; Bibliography.

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The first full study of the exiled King James II's court in France.

About the Author

Edward Corp is Professor of British History, University of Toulouse.

Reviews

'Edward Corp's fine book illuminates many dark corners of what has too long been a neglected area of historical discourse.' The Tablet

'Edward Corp's fascinating, well written, and thorough examination of the Stuart court in exile after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 presents a special case that casts light on many of the issues … Without doubt, A Court in Exile will be the standard work on the subject for years to come.' H-Albion@h-net.msu.edu

'Corp can only be praised for producing a first rate study of a forgotten chapter in British history. This important work destroys many myths about the exiled Stuarts and brings the Court of Saint-Germain vividly to life.' The Art Book

'Howard Erskine-Hill is the most formidable literary historian in their ranks …'. Journal of Ecclesiastical History

'… beautifully produced and well-illustrated … will prove the definitive work on the subject for decades to come. … Corp must be congratulated for his achievement. … A Court in Exile provides us with a clear, well-sourced, and in-depth understanding of the problems facing the Stuarts in France … it is hard to see how anybody will ever better Corp's fair-minded effort to explain this most slippery of subjects.' Royal Stuart Review